I am pleased to announce that Vallis’s insurance policy providing professional indemnity cover with the pre-eminent Lloyd’s of London broker JLT (Jardine Lloyd Thompson), has been increased by USD 10 million, from USD 30 million to USD 40 million. This insurance policy continues to cover fully the services we provide through all our collateral management and stock monitoring agreements. Should you have anRead More
I am pleased to announce that Vallis Commodities Limited (Vallis) has set up a subsidiary in Jordan. This further expands Vallis’s reach into the Middle East, joining our subsidiaries in Bahrain and the UAE and our operations in Qatar. Vallis have recently compiled a research report into Jordan, which is available at this link: Jordan Country Report We are keen to expand our operational presence in Jordan, so pRead More
I am delighted to announce that Vallis Commodities Limited (Vallis) has set up a subsidiary in Angola. Vallis now has 24 subsidiaries in Africa and 3 in the Middle East. We have previously published 2 research reports on Angola, covering both the country itself and the outlook for foreign investment. These are available at the links below: Angola – Country Report Angola – Outlook for Foreign Investment WiRead More
Vallis Commodities Limited has been operating in Senegal since 2009. Since then almost 400,000 tonnes of commodities have been handled by Vallis including the following: Fuel, Fertilizer, Sugar, Rice, Palm Oil, Groundnut Oil and Soybean Oil. Harriet Pestille, a recent addition to the Vallis reporting team for Francophone West Africa, has compiled an in depth report about Senegal. Senegal Country Report. This report aRead More
Vallis Commodities Limited (Vallis) recently conducted an audit to determine quantities of stockpiled mineral products for one of South Africa’s major banks in various locations around the country. The audit used real-time GPS survey systems, capturing data for each of the stockpiles. From the GPS data, 3D models and volumetric calculations were generated to determine final tonnages of each product. If you would likeRead More
Vallis Commodities is developing its operations in fuel and oils. The expertise of the company in this field has been built up and we now have a fuel team under a commercial manager, Alex Joiner, in the UK office. Alex has a team of dedicated fuel experts who run our operations on the ground. The team also includes our specific fuel auditor who conducts internal audits on our operations to check that contract terms aRead More
Vallis Commodities Limited (Vallis) was pleased to host the president of CAWS, the China Association of Warehouses and Storage, Mr Shen Shaoji, during a visit to our head office in Somerset, England yesterday. Mr Shen was accompanied on a fact finding mission by Mr. Wang Chunlu, Chairman of Junhe and Baian Storage Technology Co Ltd, and their interpreter, Ms. Serena Yao. IFC (International Finance Corporation) has inRead More
On 9th May 2015, Liberia was declared free of Ebola four hundred and five days after the disease was confirmed in the country. This is great news. We are thankful for the sake of not only the people of Liberia, but in particular our loyal staff who continued to work hard throughout the epidemic. While some organizations closed operations in the Ebola affected countries, Vallis Commodities Limited (Vallis) continued tRead More
Following its troubled recent history, the Angolan government is taking measures to reach out to new partners and foreign investors in a bid to secure sustainable growth and diversify its oil dependent economy. Eloise Walton, one of our Commercial Managers in the Vallis Head Office and who is a fluent Portuguese speaker, attended a recent roundtable event in the UK. I now provide Eloise’s summary: The current outlookRead More
I am pleased to announce that Vallis Commodities Limited (Vallis) is now ready to start Collateral Management and Stock Monitoring operations for fuel in Ghana. Our Commercial Manager for Fuels is Alex Joiner and he has worked tirelessly to put in place the necessary infrastructure and manpower to enable us to offer these services to existing and prospective customers. Please contact me if you require more details. BRead More